“This is a song for any immigrant, anyone who’s brave enough to do something for the people coming after them. And I don’t understand how we’ve become so fearful of each other. We’re all just people. We’re just people,”

Olivia Dean · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-03

Olivia Dean dedicated the song 'Carmen' to her maternal grandmother and spoke about immigrants during her headlining set at Lollapalooza.